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Added a little more classic vibes to my new squier classic vibe custom tele.
Love the guitar and the Lollar CC!
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07-07-2017 04:30 AM
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Bill's on the cover of Downbeat this month! Holding what i believe to be the black double-bound Bigsby-equipped tele by JW Black shown in this photo. I'd never heard of JW Black before. Guitar looks lovely.
I'm like you, omphalopsychos. I'm suddenly thinking I need a Bigsby on a telecaster...and wondering if I can I install that myself on a partscaster...
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Here is my G&L Bluesboy with a TV Jones Supertron in the neck position. Really like the matchup with the Leo Fender designed ashtray bridge pu.
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Originally Posted by Flat
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Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
haha.. that'd be rick kelly/carmine st. guitars!!..he also "reclaimed" 100 year + wood from legendary chelsea hotel and prohibition greenwich village speakeasy - chumleys! apparently ale saturated pine makes for good tone!!
lou reed and bob dylan went for those!!
the wizard in action-rk in his shop
cheers
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Originally Posted by neatomic
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Originally Posted by Flat
cheers
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So cool
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Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
I have had a sonic blue ash body, routed for a neck bucker, and a mahogany (mellower?) neck sitting on the shelf for well over a year. I already have too many guitars, a small place, and have been trying to thin down. Once I sell a couple more (ES-225, Guild F112), then I might resume the Tele build, or just bail out and sell the body and neck. Honestly, I sometimes doubt whether I have the skills to put together a nice instrument, getting a good neck join and stuff.
Good luck with your build!Last edited by Flat; 07-09-2017 at 02:12 AM.
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Originally Posted by Flat
also adding a bigsby to a tele, which can be super cool, almost always requires the neck to be shimmed..no big deal
so don't psyche youself out..it can be done...just be sure to measure out everything 2x before you go for any permanent drilling..and always have fun with it!
let the great craftsman (& player) tk smith be your inspiration!
cheers
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Originally Posted by Geert
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Originally Posted by Geert
Geert, do yourself a favour and do the 4 way switch mod and put on some brass saddles.
Kluson Harmonic brass saddles with 12's intonate perfectly.
I've spent a week in the wilds of Scotland with my jazzcaster, micro cube and some abersold backing tracks and it was perfect.
I got back last night and immediately sought out my big box jazzer. 5 minutes later the Tele came out of its gig bag and I was all grins!
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Hi Jazzbow,
What are the pros of doing the mod and the saddles in your opinion?
I tend to only use the neck pickup position and don't have any intonation problems with the existing saddles.
BTW, yours looks great
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Originally Posted by Geert
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Originally Posted by Geert
Use Broadcaster steel saddles for that woody throaty tone or brass saddles for a thicker warmer tone.
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Originally Posted by Geert
The difference in sound goes from stock 'Channg!' To 'Chrrrranng!' with brass (if that makes sense?).
I can only recommend the 4 way as a extended tonal pallete for different genres. Striking flatwound strings near the saddles with the bridge pickup gives you a straight on 50's rock and roll tonality. Selecting the two pickups in parallel and dialling in the tone control to bleed in some high frequencies can give you a nice solo guitar sound. Whack the selector to both pickups in series gives you a volume boost and you can overdrive an amp with volume control on the guitar.
And then you haul it back to the neck pickup for syrupy yummyness.
I did have the 5 way switch mod with a bass frequency cut on the neck pickup but that extra mode didn't get used much.
The Kluson harmonic saddles dial in the intonation on the 12th and 19th fret easily and they are much cheaper than Glendale parts. I think they were £$€10, not much to pay for brass saddles anyway.
If you are unsure of the 4 way mod go to your nearest fender stockist and try the Baja Tele or any of the more recent USA teles.Last edited by jazzbow; 07-11-2017 at 06:53 PM.
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Another proponent of the 4 way switch here. I installed it on my MIM tele with lolllar 52 pickups. My TK Smith CC Snakehead will also feature a 4 way.
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jb. totally agree with your astute observations..but there are less considered options that have equal import...such "simple" things as pickup height or type of string. pick thickness and material etc etc..its endless
people worry about brass vs chrome bridge saddes, yet think nothing of the difference between gore-tex covered elixirs and vintage style pure nickel round cores... all equally important!!
keep digging fellows
cheers
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Originally Posted by jazzbow
I have to say that the combination of the lollar cc with the stock bridge pickup on the squier, gives a weird nasaly 'out of fase' kind of sound in middle position.
maybe the mod helps with this?
For now I'm leaving the guitar as it is.
Allthough I play mostly upright bass these days, I had to have a telecaster again since it was the guitar I learned to play on. I got a second hand fender '75 tele standard from my mom when I was 12 years old, but I had to sell the beaten down (allmost fretless) guitar a few years back.
Allthough the squier is a different guitar that that fender it still feels somewhat like coming home on this guitar
G
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Originally Posted by Geert
Edit: the Porter also features adjustable pole pieces to dial in individual string volume/tone. Which is nice.
In terms of saddles. I don't have a lot to compare them to in terms of trying different things, but I really like the Joe Barden compensated saddles(available on a bridge or on their own)
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Originally Posted by Geert
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Fellow Telecaster colleagues, please indulge me as I have to testify to the greatness that is called Telecaster!
Just been to a jam session with a buddy and I was having tonality problems with my Yamaha P90 guitar.
I had my Cube 60 set to clean and I just could not find a mellow tone with that Yammie. As the evening progressed we played the Van Morrison tune 'Have I told you lately' and I was having a hissy fit trying to make mellow shapes on that damn guitar. I flapped about with the tone stack on the amp and nothing was working for me.
I halted the proceedings and got my Squier Tele out. I didn't even mess with the Cubes tone settings. I just tweaked the teles volume and tone controls and off I went.
As the Van Morrison tune progressed the lyric played in my head and as I danced around the chords I had an epiphany.
'Have I told you lately that I love you?
Have I told you there's no one else above you?
Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do'
How apt was that!
Bless Leo for this divine musical instrument.
Amen to that
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great van track..so great, rod stewart covered it and had big hit with it..but vans the man..and a supple soulful guitarist in his own right..his phrasing on all instruments, be it his voice, harmonica, guitar or sax playing has been solid influence on me for years...magical musician
cheersLast edited by neatomic; 07-12-2017 at 07:00 PM. Reason: ad-
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Originally Posted by Geert
RIP Nick Gravenites
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